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Fifth Circuit scrutinizes police shooting of mentally ill woman
The children of Melissa Perez, a 46-year-old woman shot and killed by San Antonio police during a schizophrenic episode, are appealing a lower court's dismissal of their civil rights lawsuit. The Fifth Circuit is reviewing whether the officers' use of force was reasonable, with body camera footage and the officers' decision-making under scrutiny.
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